1993 Australian federal election

1993 Australian federal election

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All 147 seats in the House of Representatives 74 seats were needed for a majority in the House 40 (of the 76) seats in the Senate
Registered	11,384,638 6.12%
Turnout	10,900,861 (95.75%) (0.44 pp)
First party Second party Third party   IND Leader Paul Keating John Hewson N/A Party Labor Liberal/National coalition Independents Leader since 19 December 1991 (1991-12-19) 3 April 1990 (1990-04-03) N/A Leader's seat Blaxland (NSW) Wentworth (NSW) N/A Last election 78 seats 69 seats 1 seats Seats won 80 seats 65 seats 2 seats Seat change 2 4 1 First preference vote 4,751,390 4,681,822 329,235 Percentage 44.92% 44.27% 3.11% Swing 5.49% 0.81% +0.35 TPP 51.44% 48.56% TPP swing 1.54% 1.54%
Results by division for the House of Representatives, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.
Prime Minister before election Paul Keating Labor Subsequent Prime Minister Paul Keating Labor

1993 Australian federal election
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The 1993 Australian federal election was held to determine the members of the 37th Parliament of Australia. It was held on 13 March 1993. All 147 seats of the Australian House of Representatives and 40 seats of the 76-seat Australian Senate were up for election. The incumbent government of the centre-left Australian Labor Party led by Paul Keating, the Prime Minister of Australia, was re-elected to a fifth term, defeating the centre-right Liberal/National Coalition led by Opposition Leader John Hewson of the Liberal Party of Australia, and coalition partner Tim Fischer of the National Party of Australia. This was the first, and to date only, time the Labor Party won a fifth consecutive election.

The result was considered an upset, as opinion polls had predicted a Coalition win. In his victory speech, Keating would famously describe the result as "the sweetest victory of all". The Coalition's loss was attributed to the unpopularity of Hewson and his economic policy, popularly known as Fightback!, with the set piece being the majorly divisive Goods and Services Tax (GST).

This would be the last time that the Labor Party won a majority at the federal level until the 2007 election as the next four elections would produce Coalition victories. It also remains the only time that the Liberal Party was led by a leader who previously had no experience as a minister.
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